You can rule out the condenser by temporarely disconnecting it.
It's not very friendly for the contacts, but for a short while
troubleshooting a reasonable option.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: "dave houser" <mgs4dave@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: misfire Pt.2
> Thanks to all who responded so far.
> Here's what I have done so far.
> 1. took a new( I know) plug and swapped out each of them in turn. No
> change. (But that still doesn't rule out plug wires even though they are
> new).
> 2. Noticed tach drops a tiny bit for each misfire episode but doesn't
> drop precipitously (just normally to my way of thinking).
> 3. That leaves the points and condenser, electrics and then carbs.
> Keep going or something else more obvious now?
> Dave
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